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ButteryFumes 11 points ago +25 / -14

OMG. Someone else noticed! I cannot stand that affectation! An0maly also does this. Words like “important” and “certain” also. Drives me nuts. It makes the person sound babyish and it’s hard to take them seriously.

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Ithrowawaay 32 points ago +32 / -0

It’s the Michigan accent. Hard T’s get lost in the nasal passages.

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ThePowerOfPrayer 21 points ago +21 / -0

My wife can't understand me half the time. The other half of the time, I'm forced to speak the King's English instead of using my native Michigan accent.

True based Michiganders don't have time to fuck around. They're trying to say the damn thing as quickly as possible and get on their way, which is where much of the sass shows up.

They are all thinking, "With a lake every 5 miles in this state on average, I'd rather be fishing than talking to your dumb ass."

Plan B: "Not to mention there's 20-30+ deer per square mile."

Note: Michigan and Indiana DNR doesn't bother tracking deer numbers anymore (i.e. completely unregulated deer populations in both of those states). Texas averaged 15 deer per square mile which is good enough for 5th back in 2016.

https://archive.is/AZi7R

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Sprig 5 points ago +5 / -0

Come hunt in NJ. They have 120+ deer per square mile, if you can believe it.

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Scroon 3 points ago +3 / -0

That's a lot of deer.

I never got into hunting, but with that many deer I would feel like I would have to.

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Ithrowawaay 5 points ago +5 / -0

it’s more Canadian, but similar.

We tend to harden certain vowels, like “a” and omit consonants in our nose.

“Car” comes out more like “care”

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Fenianlad 3 points ago +3 / -0

Oof. If you were to put side by side someone from outer burough NYC and someone like her from the upper Midwest you’d see they aren’t even close. They’re both just... a little extreme.

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figneugent 8 points ago +10 / -2

sounds valleygirley

mixed with ebonix

black people say it like "threh unned"

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Ithrowawaay 3 points ago +5 / -2

She’s definitely dialing up the valley girl with the inflection.

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BallsackPaneer 3 points ago +3 / -0

Baby talking women can't be taken seriously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvficd_IxBc

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Michigirl 3 points ago +3 / -0

I concur.

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Pr0xenus 8 points ago +9 / -1

Seemingly nobody under the age of 40 can pronounce the words; Mountain, Button, Carton, Threaten, etc.

I only knew a small handful of people when I was growing up, who had this issue....Now, it's 'Boomer' & weird if you don't sound like a retard while attempting to use these words.

I don't get it.

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ButteryFumes 9 points ago +9 / -0

👊 You get it. Thank you. I am one of those people who is very tuned into sounds and specifically voices. Vocal fry like Blasey-Ford and other lazy and affected vocal bad habits just grate on my ears. Also when people end every sentence as a question? Like they are not really sure about what they’re saying? And they need you to validate and affirm their every thought? 😂

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VelveetaJohnson 4 points ago +4 / -0

Dude, I heard that just like you meant it.

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Pr0xenus 3 points ago +3 / -0

I agree. I don't notice the 'Vocal Fry' as much as the others you mentioned.

Everything else does drive me up the wall as well.

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Michigirl 4 points ago +4 / -0

I'm a tiny bit over 40 and from Michigan. It might be a Michigan thing. I do not say the 't' in any of those words. But until till today, I never really thought about it.

Thanks.

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Pr0xenus 7 points ago +7 / -0

It's not necessarily the hard 'T' we are talking about... it's the weird, halting , almost two separate words.

e.g. Button = Buh - En.

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Michigirl 3 points ago +3 / -0

Ah, okay. I don't think I say them as two words, just don't pronounce the t. More like, 'buh'n,' 'moun'n.' With a hard stop where the t should be.

I'm over thinking this now. Gah!

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cougar2013 6 points ago +8 / -2

I hate it when people say “begs the question” when they mean “raises the question”

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Maxberg 7 points ago +7 / -0

I hate when people say "you know what I mean"... It's the new "like"

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Kempff95 17 points ago +17 / -0

I hate when people say "c'mon man!"

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dissin_nips 11 points ago +11 / -0

I hate when people say “I’ve got hairy legs that turn blonde in the sun”

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cuckslasher 9 points ago +9 / -0

i hate it when people sell out their country while smoking crack and fucking underage chinese prostitutes

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Abovethefray 1 point ago +1 / -0

I hate one person specifically that says that... a lot.

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VelveetaJohnson 4 points ago +4 / -0

I hate it when people end a sentence with “right?”.

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GODwins76 1 point ago +2 / -1

Right?

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jamrs 3 points ago +3 / -0

I caught myself doing this a couple years ago and stopped

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cougar2013 3 points ago +3 / -0

I...know what you mean :D

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snarkazoid 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thank you!!!

I’d say 99% of the population incorrectly use “begging the question.”

Still, that doesn’t bug me as much as “processeeez.”

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Scroon 2 points ago +2 / -0

That's from dumb people hearing smart people say it a lot and then using it incorrectly. Unfortunately it became so frequently misused that the improper use is now accepted in common speech.

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cougar2013 1 point ago +1 / -0

Like when people say “comprised of” when they mean “comprising” or “composed of”

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MAGADeluxe 3 points ago +3 / -0

Isn't this more of a speech impediment than anything?

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ButteryFumes 2 points ago +5 / -3

I guess it could be for some people, but in my experience I’ve seen this more as an affectation like a vocal fry, a vocal bad habit that goes along with a type of persona.